Urgent intervention in plastic waste is needed

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 3:30 a.m.

If current trends continue, the amount of plastic waste polluting the oceans will grow to 29 million metric tonnes a year by 2040, the equivalent of 50kg for every metre of coastline in the world. Podcast #3 looks at plastic packaging and wonders if we can manage the plastic waste conundrum